Environmental Issues

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Florida’s Flooded Future: ‘Retreat While There’s Still Time’ Florida’s Flooded Future: ‘Retreat While There’s Still Time’

With sea levels rising, Miami will be underwater by the end of the century.

Jun 8, 2020 / Laura Raim

We’re in This Together

We’re in This Together We’re in This Together

It’s wise to be prepared.

Jun 5, 2020 / OppArt / Liniers

We Cannot Postpone Climate Talks Until 2021

We Cannot Postpone Climate Talks Until 2021 We Cannot Postpone Climate Talks Until 2021

Lawmakers need to wake up: Climate change and the injustices it generates won’t break for Covid-19. So the United Nations Climate Change Conference can’t, either. 

Jun 5, 2020 / StudentNation / Ilana Cohen

Students take part in a “youth strike to act on climate change” in France in March 2019.

Just Like Covid-19, Racial Justice Is a Climate Story Just Like Covid-19, Racial Justice Is a Climate Story

And Joe Biden’s possible endorsement of a Green New Deal is a good way to tell it.

Jun 3, 2020 / Mark Hertsgaard

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Time to Fundamentally Rethink What Trump Means by Security Time to Fundamentally Rethink What Trump Means by Security

The challenge for his successor will be how to dig out from the rubble.

Jun 2, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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Letters From the June 15/22, 2020, Issue Letters From the June 15/22, 2020, Issue

Don’t blame the Boasians… Tilting at windmills… Dark recesses… The road already taken… Submerging the valley…

Jun 2, 2020 / Our Readers

Transit Is a Social Justice Issue in the 2020 Election

Transit Is a Social Justice Issue in the 2020 Election Transit Is a Social Justice Issue in the 2020 Election

Too few candidates talk about the necessity of investing in transit options for working people. But Maya Rockeymoore Cummings does.

Jun 1, 2020 / John Nichols

Steven Donziger

Chevron Tightens the Screws on Steven Donziger Chevron Tightens the Screws on Steven Donziger

With the aid of two federal judges, the oil giant continues to torment an environmental lawyer.

May 28, 2020 / James North

Birding While Black: Just the Latest Bad Reason for White People to Call Police

Birding While Black: Just the Latest Bad Reason for White People to Call Police Birding While Black: Just the Latest Bad Reason for White People to Call Police

In parks across America, bird-watchers and dog owners regularly clash over space. But when a white dog owner called the cops on a black birder, only one was in danger.

May 26, 2020 / Joan Walsh

Is Mexico’s ‘Mayan Train’ a Boondoggle?

Is Mexico’s ‘Mayan Train’ a Boondoggle? Is Mexico’s ‘Mayan Train’ a Boondoggle?

Opponents warn that it will not only devastate the Yucatán’s ecosystem but also trigger unsustainable development and further marginalize local communities.

May 22, 2020 / Meaghan Beatley and Sam Edwards

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